The Network for Educational Development (NED) provides educational development opportunities that are designed by Minnesota State faculty and staff for Minnesota State faculty and staff. These opportunities help build awareness, develop knowledge, skills, and abilities, and provide space for reflecting and revising.
Spring 2026 | Summer 2026 | NED Course Catalog | NED Resource Site
Events
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Applying the Quality Matters Rubric (APPQMR) – Start 2 Weeks
OnlineDescription QM's flagship workshop on the QM Rubric and its use in reviewing the design of online and blended courses is intended for a broad audience, including but not limited... Continue Reading →
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Skills to Facilitate Your Course Efficiently using D2L Brightspace Tools (3 week start date)
OnlineDescription The Quality Improvement Process site provides examples of ways to to support student-to-content interaction in courses. Fixing courseware glitches, such as broken links, typos, and mistakes, as needed. Monitoring... Continue Reading →
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Assessment of Student Learning (Start 3 weeks)
OnlineDescription How do you really know that your students are learning what you had intended? In this course, you'll get an opportunity examine the learning objectives in your course (something your students should know or be able to do) and the assessments that are aligned to help measure and evaluate student achievement on this learning... Continue Reading →
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Improving Your Online Course (IYOC) – Start 2 Weeks
OnlineDescription The “Improving Your Online Course” workshop explores the QM Rubric and provides a framework to improve the quality of online courses. Participants use the QM Rubric to review their own online courses and develop a course improvement plan. The content is based on the essential Specific Review Standards of the Quality Matters Rubric. Participants... Continue Reading →
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Improving the Student-to-Content Interaction using D2L Brightspace Tools (3 week start date)
OnlineDescription The Quality Improvement Process site provides examples of ways to support student-to-content interaction in courses. Fixing courseware glitches, such as broken links, typos, and mistakes, as needed. Monitoring learning... Continue Reading →
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Designing Your Course for Student Learning (3 week short course)
OnlineMay 18 - June 7 Description This 3 week short course provides participants an opportunity to review the design of their course so that the assignments they have planned in... Continue Reading →
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Applying the Quality Matters Rubric (APPQMR) – Start 2 Weeks
OnlineDescription QM's flagship workshop on the QM Rubric and its use in reviewing the design of online and blended courses is intended for a broad audience, including but not limited... Continue Reading →
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Improving Your Online Course (IYOC) – Start 2 Weeks
OnlineDescription The “Improving Your Online Course” workshop explores the QM Rubric and provides a framework to improve the quality of online courses. Participants use the QM Rubric to review their... Continue Reading →
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Creating Accessible Course Documents (3 week short course)
OnlineCreating Accessible Course Documents May 25 – June 14 Description This three week short course provides faculty and staff and opportunity to practice make digital materials accessible to those who use a screen reader. The course will introduce participants to basic techniques for using tools available in the Microsoft Office suite including Word and PowerPoint. Additionally,... Continue Reading →
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Improving Instructor-to-Student Interaction (3 week short course)
OnlineAligning Effective Instructional Strategies with Academic Technologies: Improving Instructor-to-Student Interaction using D2L Brightspace Tools May 25 – June 14 Description The Quality Improvement Process site provides examples of ways to... Continue Reading →
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Applying the QM Rubric (2 week short course)
OnlineJune 1 – June 21 Description QM’s flagship workshop on the QM Rubric and its use in reviewing the design of online and blended courses is intended for a broad... Continue Reading →
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Culturally Responsive Pedagogy – Section 1 (3 week short course)
OnlineCulturally Responsive Pedagogy - Section 1 June 1 – June 21 Description How can we, as instructors, shift our teaching practices to address educational disparities and meet the goals of... Continue Reading →
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